iOS 5.1 available OTA and on iTunes now!

iOS 5.1 for iPhone and iPad is now available over-the-air (OTA) and in iTunes!

While we haven't tested it yet, it looks like we will need to put 5.1 on our iPads before we can see the updates to the iWork and iLife apps mentioned today.

To download OTA, launch settings, tap General, then Software Update, and the update should pop up with an option to Download and install. To download via iTunes, just plug your iPhone or iPad into your computer and open iTunes -- a message informing you of the available update should pop right up.

Now what are you waiting for? Go grab it!

We will keep you updated as we install the update and see what features are available immediately!

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Try testing it out yourself before posting, I believe it has always blocked access to the photo library when the device was locked. (keep in mind that if you have a delayed lock, then the photos can be accessed since they could just open the phone to access whatever they want).

So, that's it? Really? Short of the camera shortcut on the lock screen, I'm not seeing user enhancements (not surprising given the log list at download), so one hopes the under-the-hood fixes are 'insanely great'.
Still,no ability to add attachments from Mail, can't get rid of Newsstand and Reminders remains useless to me.

My phone would have usually gone down 5% after checking mail and playing a few rounds of scramble with friends/words with friends in a 30 minute time frame. I'm still at 100%. I'm thinking this might have finally fixed the battery issue.

Wow, that explains a lot, thanks man. I don't think I'll be Jailbreaking anymore. It may sound stupid to most but I prefer to take advantage of an OTA update than be Jailbroken, that's just my opinion. This has by far been the most complicated update for me.

Just got the update to work on my 4s. See one of the bug fixes is for audio being dropped on outgoing calls. O...M...G... I hope that is fixed. Happend to me daily, only resolution was to reboot. This is my first iDevice and was questioning what all the hype was about as a result of this issue. Very happy that they seem to think that they have fixed it...

After updating to 5.1, I no longer had to enter the password for other users on apps I have that are shared on home share. For example I have apps on my iPad that my fiancée purchased and we use them through home share. If there was an update, my fiancée would have to enter her iTunes password to get the app to update on my device. After 5.1 she no longer had to enter her password for her apps on my device. They updated with all my other apps.

I agree, Martin. I think the camera button on the lock screen is a distraction. What's worse, it took half a day to realize that it's NOT a push-to-activate icon. It's a pull-up (like the Notification pull-down screen). Who asked for that! Bring back the old 3-press. And while you're at it, let Siri toggle Bluetooth and Wi-fi.

Yupe, same here on my iPorn 4 (iOS5.0.1) when doing OTA check. Says, "Connecting to server" for a couple of minutes then timeout on connection error. Ended using iTunes to check and download the update.

My iPhone 4S refuses to update via OTA even when I was trying to update to 5.0.1, I''m Jailbroken and I know that has something to do with my 4S not being able to update OTA or even back-up via iCloud.
I am downloading via iTunes but it's so slow, it's @ 436MB (out of 803MB!!!) when 2-3hours left to go. Hopefully this update gets rid of these OTA/iCloud back-up bugs.

My battery on my 4s used to drain significantly throughout the night - for example, 100% at midnight and down to 93% by 7 am. With the new software I had it 100% at 11 PM and it was 99% at 7! So far so good!

Just got my 3gs updated to iOS 5.1 OTA, update was pretty fast n surprise of surprises my ph which had become painfully slow after last update 5.0.1 is working so smooth n faster than before, loving it :D

Japanese language support for Siri (availability may be limited during initial rollout)
Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream
Camera shortcut now always visible on Lock Screen for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
Camera face detection now highlights all detected faces
Redesigned Camera app for iPad
Genius Mixes and Genius playlists for iTunes Match subscribers
Audio for TV programmes and films on iPad optimised to sound louder and clearer
Podcast controls for playback speed and a 30-second rewind for iPad
Addresses bugs affecting battery life
Fixes an issue that occasionally caused audio to drop for outgoing calls
These are the new fixes to 5.0.1 version

HELP ME!! After updating tithe iOS 5.1 thre is a consant of time asking me for the apple I'd password. Help me. I restarted the iPad, log out and logged back in and done everthing but it is still asking me! Please help me, it is so annoying.